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Vinony

mitigate

verb

  1. to lessen trouble caused by
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Pronunciation: /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English mitigat(e) (“mitigated”, also used as the past participle of mitigaten and of mitigate in Early Modern English), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

  1. Mitigated, alleviated.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English mitigaten (“to relieve pain, soothe; (swelling) to abate; (hemorrhoids) to relieve; (the mind) to placate, appease; to end, check; to stop, cease”), from mitigat(e) (“mitigated, alleviated, relived”, also used as the past participle of mitigaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin mītigātus, the perfect passive participle of mītigō (“to make soft, ripe; to tame, pacify”), from mītis (“gentle, mild, ripe”) + -igō (“to do, make”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁y- (“mild, soft”).

  1. To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.

    “Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.”

    “But in yielding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as much as possible, both in its extent and in its character...”

  2. To downplay.
  3. To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.

    “We've mitigated against the chance of flooding.”